The Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee was established in 1982, in order to document the history of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. of Toronto. The committee was chaired by Bert Fine and was mandated by the JCC of Toronto's Executive Committee to collect historical and archival material from the community, which was to be donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Scope and Content

This series consists of the records collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The records are predominantly photographs, but also includes some textual records. This series also contains oral histories, created by the committee in order to document the experiences of some of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A.'s original members.

The series contains a sub-series for the photograph collection, which is organized alphabetically by theme, event or person and is described at the file and item levels. There is also a sub-series for the oral history program, which is described at the sub-series level.

The oral history program was one part of the archives program. The interviewers were Molly Willer, Gay Lokash and Frances Gotkin, volunteers working under the direction of the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee.

Scope and Content

This sub-series consists of twelve oral histories of various past and present members of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. in Toronto and the signed release forms. The interviewees include Judge Joe Addison, Harvey Blackstein, Lou Borsook, Bert Godfrey, Mrs. Sara Godfrey, Stan Kivy, Jack Oelbaum, Abe Posluns, Harry Pullen, Anne Roher, Max Swartz, Alex Winick and Lou Zimmerman. The interviewees discuss different aspects of their association with the "Y", including the history and structure of the organization, the various sports teams and clubs, social events and other reminiscences.

The recordings are in cassette format and are located in three separate file folders. The signed release forms are located in a fourth file folder.

Most of the photographs were in the custody of Ted Winick, who sat on the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. They were donated to the OJA in 1982 and 1984.

Scope and Content

This sub-series contains photographs collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The photographs document the executive and general membership, special events, sporting groups and teams, and Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. owned camps and properties, including the construction and completion program of the northern branch. There are also a small amount of textual records and an architectural drawing, which has been kept in the file with the accompanying graphic images.

Arrangement of the photographs has been imposed by the archivist, as no original order existed when the records were acquired. The photos have been arranged into alphabetical files by function, where one exists, otherwise they have been grouped together by subject, event or individual. This approach was taken so that images pertaining to certain subjects or events could be easily accessed by the researcher. The images have been described at the file and item levels.

This file consists of two photographs of Judge Joseph Addison, who was a member of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. and a handball enthusiast. One photograph is of Addison holding a handball and is affixed to a board which says: Although he is no longer playing handball, he was noted for his long arms and legs and excellent condition. He has, and is devoting a lot of time and effort into promoting handball from coast to coast and is the present Commissioner of Handball. The second is a snapshot of him sitting in an office chair, consulting some papers.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

This file consists of photographs taken at the annual meeting of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A., held at the northern branch. The meeting coincided with the dedication of the northern building.

Five of the images are of the head table, which included Mr. and Mrs. Sam Granatstein, Ellis and Fanny Shapiro, Gurston Allen, Alex Fisher and Max Swartz. One image is of Alex Fisher, Ellis I. Shapiro and Sam Granatstein unveiling the dedication plaque, one is of a boardroom dedication plaque presented to Sam Granatstein by H. Max Swartz and the remaining image is of people seated at the banquet tables. Also identified are Mr. and Mrs. David Andrews.

This file consists of ten photographs taken at the annual meeting of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. The photographs include images of the head table, people seated at banquet tables, members of the executive at the podium, and three photographs of gymnastics, dance and music performances for the attendees.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual meeting. The photographs include images of people speaking at the podium, listening to executive reports and seated at banquet tables.

This file consists of photographs of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual meeting. The special guest was the Israeli Consulate of Toronto. The images are of the head table, people speaking at the podium and the unveiling of an Aba Bayefsky mural dedicated to the slain Israeli athletes of the 1972 Olympics.

Identified individuals in the photographs include Jack Wahl, Wilfred Posluns, David Andrews, David Newman, Rabbi Irwin Schild and Alex Fisher.

This file consists of photographs taken at the 1974 Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual meeting. The images are of the head table, speakers at the podium, dance and music performances, and a demonstration of a new electrocardiograph machine purchased for conducting health and fitness tests.

This file consists of photographs taken at the 1975 Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual meeting in the Bloor and Spadina branch auditorium. The images are of various speakers at the podium and one shot of the membership sitting at banquet tables.

Identified individuals in the photographs include Wilfred Posluns, Bert Fine, John (Jack) Wahl, Lou Ronson, David Andrews and Alex Tobias.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual meeting held in the Bloor and Spadina branch auditorium. The images include speakers at the podium, group shots of people seated at the banquet tables and conversing with each other.

This file consists of two photographs of an archery demonstration. One photograph is of a woman pulling the arrows out of the target and the other is of a man aiming the bow and arrow at the target, which is propped up on a wooden chair.

This file consists of one photograph of Dave Usher accepting an award for wrestler of the year from Murray Deborah, at the Brunswick "Y". The banquet was held in 1950 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1949.

Subjects

Wrestlers

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

This file consists of two photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the Bloor and Spadina "Y". The banquet was held in 1958 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1957. One is a group shot of Club Panama around a table of trophies, and one is of a young man accepting a trophy at the podium. "Hughie in his youth" is written on the verso.

This file consists of one photograph taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. annual awards banquet. The banquet was held in 1959 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1958. The image is of a young man standing at a podium with a small trophy. The podium has a large "Y" on the front of it.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

This file consists of three photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the northern branch. The banquet was held in the 1960s to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements the previous year. The images are of three groups of people standing in a hallway holding trophies.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet. The banquet was held in 1962 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1961. The images are of individuals and groups accepting trophies.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at both the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches. The banquet was held in 1963 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1962. The images are of people accepting awards and trophies.

This file consists of photographs taken at the athletic awards banquet at both the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches. The banquet was held in 1964 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1963. The photographs depict groups of people and individuals accepting trophies.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the northern branch. The banquet was held in 1966 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1965. The images depict groups of people and individuals accepting trophies.

This file consists of one image taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet. The banquet was held in 1965 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1964. The photograph is of a group of young boys and girls with their trophies.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquets at both the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches. The banquet was held in 1967 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1966. The photographs depict individuals and groups of people accepting awards, with one photograph of people seated at the banquet tables in the Bloor and Spadina branch auditorium.

This file consists of photographs taken at the athletic awards banquets at the Bloor and Spadina branch and the northern branch. The banquet was held in 1968 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1967. The images depict various individuals accepting trophies.

This file consists of photographs taken in June 1969, at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the Bloor and Spadina branch. The banquet was held in 1969 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1968. The images depict individuals accepting trophies and speakers at the podium.

Individuals identified in the photographs include Fred Cahill and Hy Beck.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet held at the northern branch. The banquet was held in 1970 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1969. The images depict individuals and groups accepting trophies and speakers at the podium.

This file consists of photographs of the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. awards banquet at the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches. The banquet was held in 1975 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1974. The photographs depict individuals and groups posing with their awards, as well as some photographs of the buffet table and a musical act.

This file consists of photographs taken at the athletic awards banquets held at the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches. The banquet was held in 1976 to honour the "Y" members for their athletic achievements during 1975. The photographs depict individuals and groups posing with their awards and a few images of the buffet table.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the Bloor and northern branches. The photographs depict various individuals and groups posing with their awards and trophies and speakers at the podium.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. athletic awards banquet at the northern branch. The images include various individuals accepting and posing with their awards, as well as a few shots of the Leah Posluns Theatre stage, where the event took place.

This file consists of photographs taken at the Bloor and Spadina Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. during an athletic competition. The photographs depict people participating in various sporting activities, such as boxing, karate and gymnastics in the Bloor gym, as well as people at a banquet held afterwards.

This file contains one photograph of the Y.M.H.A. basketball team playing the Central Y.M.C.A. team in the Central "Y" gymnasium. The photograph was used for publicity purposes in the booklet for the Combined Building Campaign. The photograph is a reverse print made from a negative.

Notes

Original photograph by Al Gilbert.

Subjects

Sports teams

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

This file consists of three photographs of Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. basketball teams. One is a photograph of a men's basketball game at the Bloor and Spadina Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. The picture shows Fred Ingaldson of the Livingston team jumping up for a basket, while Russ Moch of the Y.M.H.A. team looks on. The crowd is seated on the bleachers in the background.

There are also two photographs of the Y.W.H.A. senior basketball city champs of 1958. Pictured in the photographs are: Diane Sherman, Jackie Hall, Henny Mincovitch.

Subjects

Sports teams

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.